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had hidden behind the mass of cells, and 

 there she remained until Number One flew 

 away, when she at once appeared and went 

 ^^and put her head into the 

 ^^^—^wfeT" open cell as if to see what 

 lm'!yAv^mSvJ^ had been going on there. 



appeared to want to go 

 and pull that spider out 

 — but it was tucked away at the far end 

 and she probably dared not trust her per- 

 son in a position of such advantage to a 

 vindictive foe. 



Well for her she did not, for while she 

 was still investigating, along came Number 

 One with a second spider, and away ran 

 Number Two. 



The spider was crowded into the nest 

 with the same trouble as to superfluous 

 legs and wings on the part of captor and 

 prey as before, then Number One, suspect- 

 ing Number Two, made chase for her. 

 There was a skirmish, in which the two 

 grappled and rolled head over heels, Num- 



